Disclaimer: These
country studies have been written to serve as a basis for discussion at
the respective national workshops and at the ILO/Japan Tripartite Regional
Meeting on Youth Employment. The views and opinions expressed in the
reports are those of the authors and do not constitute an endorsement by
the International Labour Organization. The papers have not been
edited and should not be cited or distributed without prior consent
from the authors and the ILO. Comments and suggestions are
welcome (email: teerasak@ilo.org).
Australia:
An overview of the labour market and labour market policies, and an
outline of best practices and lessons learned in terms of youth employment
(Prepared by Peter Kenyon,
Director, Bank of I.D.E.A.S. (Initiatives for the Development of
Enterprising Action and Strategies), Australia , December 2001)
Hong Kong:
Youth Situation, youth policy and youth unemployment in Hong Kong (Prepared
by Dr. Cheng Chi-ho, Howard Associate Professor, Department of Applied
Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, December
2001)
Indonesia: Indonesia youth employment (Prepared
byTara Bakti Soeprobo, Demographic Institute, Faculty of Economics
University of Indonesia, January 2002)
Japan:
Youth employment and labour market policies in Japan (Prepared
by Keiichi Yoshimoto, Associate Professor, Kyushu University, Japan, December
2001)
Papua New Guinea:
Employment opportunities for Papua New Guinea youth (Prepared
by Christine McMurray, January 2002)
Solomon Islands:
Youth employment in Solomon Islands (Prepared
by Department of Commerce, Employment & Trade and Department of Women,
Youth & Sports, Solomon Islands, December
2001)
Sri Lanka:
Youth employment in Sri Lanka: A review of the current labour market
situation, policy and programmes (Prepared
by Rozana Salih, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of
Cambridge, UK, November
2001)
Thailand:
Wage and youth employment in Thailand (Prepared
by Gosah Arya, School of Economics, Rangsit University, Thailand, January
2002)
Vietnam:
Employment for Vietnamese youth: Situation and solution (Prepared
by Ngyuen [Vihn] Buam and team, Youth Institute, Vietnam, December
2001)
Synthesis report: Youth Employment in Asia
and the Pacific: Analytical Framework and Policy Recommendations [contains
only parts I & II] (Prepared
by Niall O’Higgins, Professor
of Political Economy, Department
of Economics and Statistics, Universita’
di Salerno, Italy,
February 2002)
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